Bluegrass Sounds from California

The new album is here! Our third full-length album, “Bluegrass Sounds from California,” features 13 originals from Ryan and Thomas, as well as four of our bluegrass favorites (17 total tracks!). We’re very proud of the outcome and can’t wait to share it with everyone.

If you aren’t able to make either of these shows but would like to buy a copy, feel free to send us an email at windyhillbluegrass@gmail.com and we can arrange to send you a signed copy. You can also purchase the album on iTunes and other online outlets, including CD Baby.

Thanks for your patience and support throughout the process! We hope you’ll enjoy the album as much as we did putting it together.

Friday, Jan. 27: Askenaz, Berkeley, CA

Many thanks to everyone who has patiently waited for our new album! We’ve just shipped it off to get printed and will have it next month.

In the meantime, please consider joining us, Thompsonia, and The Town Howlers on Friday, Jan. 27 at Ashkenaz in Berkeley, CA, for a Pickin’ on Hate Bluegrass Benefit Concert. 100% of proceeds will go to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society.

We hope you’ll join us for what should be an awesome night of music benefitting an important cause.

Exciting News

Thanks for checking in on us! It’s been another busy summer, and between playing dozens of gigs and working on the new album, we haven’t had much time to update the website.

Things are really cooking in the Windy Hill world. We’ve just submitted to the California Bluegrass Association’s 2017 Father’s Day Festival (finger’s crossed), the new album should be out very soon, and we have some exciting gigs coming up too!

Saturday, September 29, we’ll be back at The Plough and Stars in San Francisco’s Inner Richmond District with friends Max Bien & Duff Thompson, a great country/doowop duet touring from New Orleans. Wear your best Halloween costume (or don’t)!

Then, on November 23, we’ll be back at the Great American Music Hall for the annual Turkey Trot. This year’s them is a Tribute to Our Lost Legends, and we’ll be performing a tribute to Dr. Ralph Stanley and James King, two of our favorite bluegrassers that passed away this year.

Hope to see you at one of our shows, and stay tuned for updates about the new album!

Friday, Feb. 19: Great American Music Hall

This Friday we’re opening for Jeff Austin of Yonder Mountain String Band fame at the Great American Music Hall! Yonder Mountain has been one of our biggest musical influences, so it’s with much enthusiasm that we announce this show.
Andy’s back from Mexico and Jack is coming to town from the Central Valley with his fiddle, so we’ll be ready to burn it down before Jeff and his band. Show starts at 9, hope to see you there!

New Year, New Shows, New Music

Hey friends, thanks for checking in on our site! We are excited about the New Year and have some goals in mind for the band in 2016. Most importantly, we have a kick-butt album in the works that should be ready before summer. It’s coming along really well, and you can expect to hear a lot of new original music. Also, coming up in January we have our monthly show at Amnesia on the 18th and also a fun party in Santa Cruz at the Crepe Place on the 17th, organized by our friends at Do It Ourselves Fest. Hope to see you at one of these shows!

New Album Coming

Hi friends! Now that our very busy summer/fall schedule has slowed down, we are excited to get to work on a new recording project. We’ve got a lot of original material and are getting ready.

Our next public show is Amnesia in San Francisco, where we play the third Monday of every month. We may start debuting some of the new songs. Thanks for the support, and stay tuned for updates on the new project!